Chelsea have reportedly excluded a player from their pre-season tour squad in an attempt to force his departure from the club.
According to The Chelsea Spot, who posted on social media: “Trevoh Chalobah has not been taken with the first team on the USA pre-season tour, as the club try and force the defender out the club…
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“The squad fly out this evening and official confirmation of the full squad is expected to be made later tonight!”
Later on Monday afternoon, talkSPORT’s Alex Crook wrote: “BREAKING: Trevoh Chalobah has been left out of #CFC pre-season tour. More on @talkSPORT.”
One fan reacted on social media: “We’re a classless club again. Final years under Roman we started building a positive reputation.”
Another tweeted: “Petition to sack the board, they have no ambition to build something and they don’t respect what we built.”
A third fan added: “Trying to force your best defender out is crazy.”
Someone else wrote: “Absolutely disgusting treatment after what he has done for the club… disgraceful.”
A fifth commented: “He should have taken the hint a while ago, we literally have 3 players ahead of him.”
Chalobah’s future at the club is uncertain following the arrival of Tosin Adarabioyo at Chelsea, who recently said: “Pre-season has been great so far. All the training sessions and getting to know the boys have been real highlights. I’ve had a lot of fun so far.
“Everyone has been great with me and helped me settle. It’s been great getting to know all of them – and I think that’s shown in that picture of the winners in the gym session earlier in the week.”
He added: “I’ve enjoyed my first few weeks. We are working hard and learning the way the manager [Enzo Maresca] wants us to play. We have spent time focusing on that while doing the physical work.
“It’s great because he is asking a lot of me and the other defenders. It starts with the central defenders and the goalkeeper; we are the focal point.”
